Oct 20, 2009 - Sale 2190

Sale 2190 - Lot 58

Price Realized: $ 1,440
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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
BRIGHT, RICHARD; and ADDISON, THOMAS. Elements of the Practice of General Medicine . . . Vol. I [all published]. 8vo, original cloth, rebacked retaining most of original backstrip; scattered pencil marginalia. Bookplates of T. Bell Salter, M.D., and Haskell F. Norman, M.D. London, 1839

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first edition in book form of a textbook of general medicine, preceded by an 1836-39 issue in parts. "The book contains concise descriptions of over sixty diseases and conditions, and includes the first accurate account of appendicitis"--Norman 342. Garrison-Morton 2215.